Today's milling

[Big Beech]

Not milling, but some off cuts of some of the lesser spalted burr horse chestnut boards that I have, just the small ones.

Thrown these in the kiln when it was open the other week.

dried to less than 5% in about 3 days and to be fair stayed pretty true to how they went in.

levelled off on my router sled.

just water thrown on.

can’t wait to get the main boards in the kiln.

Edited March 29, 2022 by Big Beech

[trigger_andy]

Had a couple of easy half days Milling this Spruce. £20 a cubic foot so ended up as a £1500. 

[bilke_user]

43 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Had a couple of easy half days Milling this Spruce. £20 a cubic foot so ended up as a £1500. 

I do like your tractor setup

 

[trigger_andy]

1 minute ago, bilke_user said:

I do like your tractor setup

 

I like it too, unfortunately its not mine.  

[bilke_user]

45 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I like it too, unfortunately its not mine.  

I've just invested in a skid steer loader for the mill, should take the pain out of carrying!

[trigger_andy]

Just now, bilke_user said:

I've just invested in a skid steer loader for the mill, should take the pain out of carrying!

Well thats very timely for me as the Estate is selling their Avant so Im loaderless now.  

 

I was out looking at a wee Bobcat Skidsteer a 400 series but they wanted £6k for it. I thought it was well over priced but also too wee/narrow to handle long logs, ie 6m. Im now looking for a Telihandler in the £10k range as without a loader Im kinda gubbed. I dont have a huge turnover but Im getting over £4000 of orders to fulfil each time Im home now. With minimal outlays it seems worthwhile investing in a loader. 

[topchippyles]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

Well thats very timely for me as the Estate is selling their Avant so Im loaderless now.  

 

I was out looking at a wee Bobcat Skidsteer a 400 series but they wanted £6k for it. I thought it was well over priced but also too wee/narrow to handle long logs, ie 6m. Im now looking for a Telihandler in the £10k range as without a loader Im kinda gubbed. I dont have a huge turnover but Im getting over £4000 of orders to fulfil each time Im home now. With minimal outlays it seems worthwhile investing in a loader. 

You will own it 2 years later sell for the same money if a good machine andy 

[trigger_andy]

This was a quick and dirty way to load the mill without the Avant. Two lads from the paying Estate doing all the donkey work. Was done in 2 hours. Easiest full days milling to date. [emoji3] 

[trigger_andy]

9 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

You will own it 2 years later sell for the same money if a good machine andy 

Thats a fair point Les. I'll have to do the sums and see what I can do. Most likely something will have to go but maybe I can hold off and put some pennies aside to get something in place. 

[AJStrees]

This was a quick and dirty way to load the mill without the Avant. Two lads from the paying Estate doing all the donkey work. Was done in 2 hours. Easiest full days milling to date. [emoji3] 

Great shots and lovely blue sky. [emoji106]